Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2608 Smuggling, minor changes

  『All of them! ”Li Li issued an order loudly, “Follow up! Go around! 』

  The cavalry under his command responded loudly. It didn't look like there were only a dozen or so of them fighting against a convoy of hundreds of people. On the contrary, it seemed that the convoy was surrounded by these dozens of cavalry.

   If you can find a flaw, attack, if not, then shake people!

   Li Li followed with more than a dozen riders, slowly moving outside the shooting range of the chariots, arrows and crossbows, observing. The speed of the war horse was not fast, and it walked lightly, as if it were on an outing.

  The smugglers in the car formation were so nervous that they yelled and organized their men to run around in the car formation all the time, and always directed their defenses towards Li Li and the others.

  『Tun Commander, the cars are all connected together, so it’s not easy to charge... 』One of the chiefs suggested, 『Go directly, I’m afraid there will be some damage...It’s better to send someone back first...』

   Li Li turned around and stopped again.

  Fine dust flutters with the wind.

  The war horse snorted and pawed its hooves, as if it didn't run to its fullest.

   Li Li looked at the formation of vehicles covered in fine smoke.

  The figures behind the car formation swayed, their faces full of panic.

  Smugglers are desperadoes, that's right, let them feel that there is a chance to escape, then they won't risk their lives.

  Because of the sudden incident, the smugglers did not find a good location, so they could only form a temporary car formation on the road.

  In the right front of the chariot formation, there is a bush, and the nearest bush is only 70 steps away from Li Dian. This is the best position to throw the seven lines of mines to Li Dian.

  But to reach this bush, you will inevitably be attacked by arrows.

   Within seventy steps, the power of the arrow is enough to penetrate armor.

  Weak attack is obviously the best policy. It's like letting pawns go to attack the city wall.

  So we need to find the right way.

  『Go back to two! "Che Zhen ordered, "Call people from outside the army village to come, no matter how many people come! 』

  『This...if you want to report to the general? ’ Shi Chang asked.

   Che Zhen smiled, "It's a must, how long will it take to go back and forth to Yinshan City?" At most one or two days? If you really have to rely on the general to send troops, people have already run away! Go slow! 』

  『Follow the order! 』 Immediately, two riders separated and went forward.

  The chariot turned back to look at the other people, and found that the other cavalry did not show any worry or fear, so they smiled, "Actually, they want to support, you can also overturn the turtle shell!" Let the two of you go to the military camp, one is to move away so little goods before winning the battle, and the other is to let the people outside Pan Rong relax their vigilance, thinking that you are eating us because of us...』

   Everyone is obviously less interested.

  It is because they are afraid that the leader is old, and he is afraid that the leader will command blindly. Since Che Zhen can say everything, it means that he is the kind of person who is so reckless that he wants to use his own hands to covet credit.

  Shi Chang scratched his head and said: "Tun Chief, I understand it too well, let him explain it in detail. 』

  『Will he not read the military newspaper sent by the general next time? ”Che Zhen stared at Shi Chang, “It turns out that he was serious about it…”

  『Yes, yes, you read carefully! Hehe, but you have a good memory, so you forgot... ” Shi Chang argued without any embarrassment.

  Che Zhen understands Shi Zhang’s nonsense, because I also know that everyone has no ambitions, and Cha Zhen himself wants to take a step back, and it’s not like the Shi Zhang behind his eyes thinks it’s good to be a leader.

  In previous life movies, no matter what kind of small battle, there must be no scenes of generals instigating soldiers, in fact it is all nonsense. It’s only like going up, a large-scale battle, the number of people is small, and the intensity is small, so it needs to be encouraged, otherwise once the number of people goes down, it will take a long time to just spread the word, the enemy is really like the Spring and Autumn Period Honest man, honestly wait for the other party to finish speaking before calling?

  『Is there no writing in the military newspaper? In war, you only need to look at your own strength, but you also have to speculate on the enemy's thoughts! ”Che Zhen pointed to the smugglers among Li Dian and said, “Why did those guys form Li Dian? Is it just to delay time? We dare to fight if you drag you, and then we can escape in the dark at dusk... Once you send people to call for reinforcements, we are vague about where your reinforcements are, so we must be thinking about how to escape now! After all, when your reinforcements arrive, we won’t be able to escape, so we will definitely...』

  『No one ran out! 』

  Where there is still nothing left in the chariot formation, the soldiers beside him raised their fingers and pointed at Li Dian.

  I saw Li Dianzhong, and suddenly, some people came out and scattered and fled.

   Che Zhen laughed, "Look, that's it..."

  『Tun Chief, is chasing after? ’ Shi Chang asked.

   Che Zhen laughed and said, "Chase! Daito Hachiro and the others chase down first, don't chase too far! Pay attention to your orders at all times, once the summoning whistle sounds, you must come back no matter where you are! The same is true for others, do you understand? ! 』

  『Understood! 』

"Set off! 』Che Zhen waved.

  Actually, it is difficult to guess what the smugglers outside Li Dian think. Goods are naturally important, but people are more important.

   Once you have the goods, you can earn back at least two more trips, but if you have someone, or follow someone to find the boss in front of the scene, it's just fun.

Therefore, unless the smugglers are driven to a desperate situation, especially if they can run as soon as they can, they will definitely fight bravely like in the movies, or even engage in some kind of counterattack. Without this skill, run less Is it okay to go out?

   When I met the regular army, I was still scratching and stalking, and then my brother was beaten to death, but he was still a smuggler who lost morale and continued to rush down with a cry of mourning...

  The smugglers who got stuck in the car formation that time were their current models, special models for film and television, so when they saw that Pan Rong sent people back to move troops, they panicked.

Che Zhen and the others knew that there were few reinforcements, that is, there were ten or seventy cavalry outside the Beijunzhai, but the private soldiers knew that we would come less and more vaguely, so if there were fewer reinforcements, I would still be there Continue to nest in Li Dian, is this being made dumplings?

   It’s easy to escape when it’s dark, but will reinforcements come after dark?

  Who can guarantee?

   Therefore, they could only run away before the reinforcements arrived.

  The first batch used for testing, ran in two directions. Of course, it will be in the direction where Pan Rong is, but in the other two directions. The intention is to pull the chariot formation and other cavalry...

The chariot formation and other cavalry seemed to have really "fallen in the trap". They were divided into two teams, one team was smaller and the other team was more. With the sound of whistling and drinking, the momentum dropped.

  Sure enough, just after Che Zhen and the others chased them out, two groups of Li Dian got out of Li Dian and escaped in the direction away from Che Zhen and the others...

   Then the front car formation and others shouted and shouted, and another person came to chase.

The smugglers among Pan Rong thought they had a plan, and were about to quietly remove some hooked Li Dian, and then came a wave of small ones, but did they notice that Che Zhen already knew when he touched this bush from In front, he pulled out the lead wire outside the handle of Qixinglei, and threw it slowly before igniting it. Instead, he waited for a while and saw that the long lead wire was burnt. Throw it towards Li Dianzhong.

   Next, the seventh piece.

   Yes, everyone has a small heart.

   I was preparing for a small escape, regardless of whether it failed or not, the heart was raised here, but there was a bang, and then the seventh sound, so the mentality collapsed?

   Waiting for the car formation to sneak up from the bushes and look up to see if there are arrows oncoming, I saw how many people ran out in the smoke from the explosion, and there were no more than 80 people...

  『It’s done! 』The chariots grabbed the whistle tied around their necks, blew a sharp whistle, and then dismounted from their horses, watching the escaped smugglers.

   Nearby, I found that the cavalry in my hand had turned their horses, ended up chasing these fleeing small troops, and launched an assault.

  Pan Rong is not easy to pursue, I am looking for the leader of the smugglers.

   is slow, I found out. I fixed my eyes on the figures of the fleeing people in the right rear, drew the saber from my waist, turned my horse and chased after them.

  These people heard the sound of horseshoes in front of them, and no one among them looked back while running. Their eyes were full of horror, but they knew what to do, so they could only turn around and continue running.

  『Infantry with or without formation is like a lamb to be slaughtered when facing a cavalry assault. 』

   Those were the original words of the military newspaper, and they were also underlined a few times during General Pan Rong's training.

  As a cavalry, it is absolutely not necessary, and it is recommended to charge directly.

   Instead, find a way to disperse the infantry array, and naturally you can retreat and harvest.

  In the traffic formation, I steered my horse back, turned the horse's head quietly, and retreated to the left side of the fleeing people.

   That is the instinct in fighting. When cavalry fights, the position of the left arm is very important. Che Zhen is left-handed, of course the sword is on the left. What about right-handers? In scattered combat, there are no right-handers, but in the army formation, there are only unified left-handers. Even right-handed people can be trained to be left-handed.

  Although in the pursuit of killing, there must be too little consideration, but the instinct honed in training and fighting made Pan Rong subconsciously occupy a more advantageous position on the left.

   At the moment when the horse's head was about to catch up with the first person, Che Zhen bent slightly sideways and slashed the man's neck with his saber, just like what is most often done off the training ground.

  The slightly trembling saber made Che Zhen frowned slightly.

   That was chopped down to the bone.

   Yes, everyone can go up with a knife, and heads fly up. These are warriors. It seems that there is no limit to the waste of strength. Pan Rong is in her current figure, and she is even thinner than others, so I have to save my strength. It will be difficult. What kind of tricks are you doing?

If the skills are discovered, one-eighth can be cut just right. In this way, not only will the cut be under the bone, there is no risk of breaking the blade of the war knife, but it will cause the least damage to the enemy, and there will be rescue on the spot. This kind.

   It’s proficient, you still have to practice!

   Thoughts flashed by, Che Zhen subconsciously glanced at the man who had just been chopped up from the corner of his eyes. The man was twitching in the ground, thinking that he had been alive for a few seconds.

  『It’s all about risking your life, why choose that way? 』

   With a loud voice, I feel worthy of this person who is still convulsing and has not completely died. The two have never met since then, but live and die separately in the present. Fortunately, I knew why I killed people, but the person who was killed knew why and died.

  The chariot turned around, heavily revived the blood under the saber, and went to chase the previous one.

  ...

   The dust settled.

  The smuggled Li Dian lost its original role, and the smugglers who remained in Li Dian chose to surrender. Afterwards, half of those who ran out were hacked to death, and the rest surrendered, **** in a long string, and squatted underground waiting for the cavalry reinforcements to take them away.

  Che Zhen got on his horse, pressed his saber, and retreated from where Li Dian had untied him.

  One of the men cut off the hemp rope under the baggage car, and then lifted the felt cloth covering it. A pile of iron utensils were exposed outside, not even stirrups and battle armor, arrows and knives and guns.

  Pan Rong laughed hotly.

  Those things are the goods that the barbarians delay in need, and they can buy them in the mutual market. The quantity alone is enough to sentence those people to death.

  The smuggling leader killed himself after being caught by the car formation, and there was nothing under his body, which seemed to be destroyed after he fled.

   Did anyone find anything under this man's body, so Che Zhen wanted to go to Li Dianzhong to have a look.

  The chief nearby was yelling something in a low voice, as if he was sending a guard post to guard against the oriole.

   Seems like a complicated fight.

   But it is also complicated, after all, the opponent has two hundred people, and Pan Rong's side has only ten or so riders.

  Before assigning the task, the chief came to Pan Rong's side, saluted, and then said with a smile, "The head of the village is really good at it. That time, the young man will be able to share some of the leader's work!" The fake character under the chief's head can also be taken away! 』

  『Let’s find out, maybe it belongs to him,』 After staying for a long time, Che Zhen also naturally understood what Shi Chang said, "It’s just that... Those guys belong to this family... Tsk! I found a token...』

"Uh? Shi Chang's eyes widened, "Do you mean that these people were recruited by people from the Wang family?" 』

  『Taiyuan Wang? "Che Zhen smiled, "I'm afraid it must be... He called a few more people and searched around. You always feel that the guy probably buried the seal..."

  In particular, our seals are all made of stone or copper, and it is so difficult to destroy them. Of course, it is useless to carve a seal with wood. It's just that Pan Rong thinks that smuggling is so profitable, they should use existing stones or wood, and most of them use privately carved copper seals.

  Shichang nodded, whistled, and greeted two or eight veteran scouts, who started searching in Li Dian and the surrounding ground.

   Unfortunately, there is nothing to be found.

   That's weird too.

  There is little sand in the small desert. Once something is buried, even if you remember the original location and dig it later, you may not be able to dig it out, let alone know where it is buried.

  It’s like burying shoes under the sand when you were a child, thinking that you would dig them out later as a “treasure”, but when you turn around, it really becomes a “treasure”, and you can find it no matter what.

   Nearly an hour later, it was getting late, and reinforcements arrived.

  Pan Rong had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​looking for the seal, let the cavalry **** the people and goods, and walked into the northern army stronghold.

   There are words along the way.

  Before Pan Rongfei arrived, Pan Rong in Yinshan City received the letter very slowly, but she also seemed to think that the car formation was wrong, so she specially sent someone to send the car formation back, and rewarded her promotion on the spot.

   How can I say that Che Zhen was also promoted by Li Li at the time, and Pan Rong did a good job, which shows that Li Li is ignorant of people.

Of course, the most important thing is Che Zhen himself. During the period of time in Beijunzhai, he only cleaned up the original mess and made new achievements. some cause.

  The car formation arrived at Yinshan City.

  Yinshan City is low in the north and high in the south. Standing at the crossing in the north, you can see the Yinshan City and some scenery to the south of Yinshan City.

  The setting sun is slanting, and the Yinshan City, which has been expanded several times, looks like a white monster, crawling on the side of the cliff, and then crossing the mountain road.

  Under the city wall, on the low platform, there are no crossbow guns shining coldly above the sun, and there are no copper cannons crouching under them, ambush for murder.

  Bronze Cannon!

   There is a mistake. Although Yinshan City may not be comparable to Tongguan and Hangu due to its geographical location, it is also a very important pass. Therefore, the first few bronze cannons produced were divided into Yinshan City.

  The previous continuation may have no…

   Later, when the bronze cannon was test fired, Pan Rong was also watching the ceremony.

  Above the sky-shaking roar, all Xiao Da's thoughts were put away.

  Pan Rong remembered that the faces of these Southern Huns were so dull at that time...

   Within range, there is peace and tranquility.

   Near the south of Yinshan City, near the water source, is a small piece of farmland.

   Lush and lush, a strange fragrance rippling in the seven weeks of Yinshan City.

  Farmers in the distance are doing their own things leisurely, and some cattle and shepherds returning from grazing are flicking long whips to let these greedy big guys leave these fresh and juicy wheat seedlings.

  Several horse-drawn carriages, dragging goods, came in a hurry from our spot, ready to leave the city.

   I feel comfortable looking at it, as if no matter how hard and busy I was, but seeing everything behind my eyes, I feel that the busyness and hard work afterwards are worth it.

  Afterwards, there are no weeds outside the Yinshan Mountain.

  Come forward, General Hussars came, and brought a small number of people. Although they can still achieve double crops, but with horse plowing, crop rotation, and composting, the land that could only be used for grazing has ended without the vitality of farming.

   Outside, there are only Han refugees from various places, and there are even Hu people who have defected from the grasslands.

  Xianbei is in disarray, and Ding Ling is gaining momentum again. Some scattered large tribes have the idea that there is no so-called Xiaomo Shanyu passed down from generation to generation. The most important thing is to have enough food.

  And in the grassland and desert, the bigger the tribe, the harder it is to die. In other words, sooner or later, they will be annexed by other small tribes, so choosing a weak person to attach to is also the survival rule of those tribes. Since the Han people are the weakest, is there any problem in attaching to the Han people?

At that time, the farming Han people's technology, culture, organizational methods, and military strength far surpassed the Xiaomohu people who had retreated and developed for a long time, and it was a natural thing to suppress them. matter.

  In addition to the propaganda methods of the Hussar General, the enlightenment operation made the farming Han people and the Hu people in charge of grazing live together in a close relationship in Yinshan City, learning from each other's strengths and avoiding conflicts.

"came back? How many days will you stay? ”The military academy on duty who was in charge of guarding the city gate greeted Che Zhen, “I heard that his elder brother did something wrong, the general is going to personally award him a promotion!” 』

   "Coincidentally, coincidentally..." Che Zhen said haha, "Should be able to stay for a few days, I will invite my brother to drink later!" 』

"become! You can wait! ’ The military academy also responded with a smile.

It's a pity that the development of things is not as leisurely as Pan Rong imagined. When I removed the word "false" and was promoted, I was also ordered to bring a whole hundred cavalry with me , is to return to Beijunzhai, but slowly rush to Taiyuan...

  (end of this chapter)